Recently the Erlitou Archaeological Team, IA, CASS, has given the priority of their field work to research into the settlement pattern of the Erlitou site. Through more than four years of systematic survey, drilling a...Recently the Erlitou Archaeological Team, IA, CASS, has given the priority of their field work to research into the settlement pattern of the Erlitou site. Through more than four years of systematic survey, drilling and selective excavation, with the previous achievements in field archaeology combined, they have got further understanding on the structure, layout and other problems of the site.The present paper makes a systematic discussion on the limits, present conditions and mini-environments of the site, as well as its general layout, the road network in the central area, the distribution of the vestiges in the palace-city and the evolution of the settlement.展开更多
This is a study of ancient man's diet by means of the isotopes ^13C and ^15N analysis method.A set of experiment conditions for N2 collection with the element analyser has been established through experiments, whi...This is a study of ancient man's diet by means of the isotopes ^13C and ^15N analysis method.A set of experiment conditions for N2 collection with the element analyser has been established through experiments, which brought initial results to the application of the method in archaeology. A preliminary analysis on the relative situation of ancient man's meat eating has been made for some archaeological sites, such as Inner-Mongolia Xinglongwa, Qinghai Shangsunjia and Xingjiang Yanbulake. It is the first example of this research.Meanwhile, results of ^13C analysis have also been acquired for the first time from a series of sites, including the Yin Ruins, Western Zhou Liulihe, Kayao culture Shangsunjia,Xinglongwa, and Zhejiang Hemudu. This froms a basis for studying the components of the then people's staple food.展开更多
Two kinds of animal remains have been found on Neolithic China sites: domesticated and wild. The former include those of pigs, dogs, chickens, cattle and sheep; the latter belong to the sika deer, Bavid’s deer, river...Two kinds of animal remains have been found on Neolithic China sites: domesticated and wild. The former include those of pigs, dogs, chickens, cattle and sheep; the latter belong to the sika deer, Bavid’s deer, river deer, muntjac, red deer, roe deer, tiger, wolf, racoon dog, bear, badger, monkey, rabbit, bamboo rat, various kinds of fish and so on. Through qualitative and quantitative analyses of bones from Neolithic sites the author learns that the remains of domesticated and wild animals in different regions and sites vary in proportion, which shows the existence of different meat--acquiring patterns at that time. Northeast China, Inner Mongolia, the upper and middle Huanghe River valley, the Huanghe-Huaihe region, the Changjiang Three Gorges area, the Changjiang delta and South China all have their own characteristics, which can be summed up and classified into three patterns: dependent, elementary animal domestication, and advanced animal domestication. When the three patterns are lined up in the above order, a model of meat-acquiring in Neolithic China is formed, which demonstrates the basic developmental process of meatacquiring in Neolithic China. The author believes that the sequential changes of meat-acquiring patterns from completely depending on hunting via supply partly by elementary animal domestication to relying mainly on domesticated animals always happened and developed under the restriction by surrounding natural resources. Therefore, this process can be summed up in a theory of passive development.展开更多
Tomb No.22 in Area Ⅱ of the Taosi walled-town, Xiangfen, Shanxi, was excavated in 2002. The tomb is 5m long, 3.65m wide and 7m deep. It is dated to the middle Taosi period (2100-2000BC), Although it was destroyed in ...Tomb No.22 in Area Ⅱ of the Taosi walled-town, Xiangfen, Shanxi, was excavated in 2002. The tomb is 5m long, 3.65m wide and 7m deep. It is dated to the middle Taosi period (2100-2000BC), Although it was destroyed in the late Taosi period, 72 funeral objects remain in the tomb pit and coves, including eight painted pottery vessels, 18 jades, 25 lacquered articles, eight groups of bone arrowheads, two baskets, ten pigs'skeletons, and one huge boar mandible. The discovery of this rich tomb helps us to understand the nature of the walled-town of the middle Taosi period.展开更多
文摘Recently the Erlitou Archaeological Team, IA, CASS, has given the priority of their field work to research into the settlement pattern of the Erlitou site. Through more than four years of systematic survey, drilling and selective excavation, with the previous achievements in field archaeology combined, they have got further understanding on the structure, layout and other problems of the site.The present paper makes a systematic discussion on the limits, present conditions and mini-environments of the site, as well as its general layout, the road network in the central area, the distribution of the vestiges in the palace-city and the evolution of the settlement.
文摘This is a study of ancient man's diet by means of the isotopes ^13C and ^15N analysis method.A set of experiment conditions for N2 collection with the element analyser has been established through experiments, which brought initial results to the application of the method in archaeology. A preliminary analysis on the relative situation of ancient man's meat eating has been made for some archaeological sites, such as Inner-Mongolia Xinglongwa, Qinghai Shangsunjia and Xingjiang Yanbulake. It is the first example of this research.Meanwhile, results of ^13C analysis have also been acquired for the first time from a series of sites, including the Yin Ruins, Western Zhou Liulihe, Kayao culture Shangsunjia,Xinglongwa, and Zhejiang Hemudu. This froms a basis for studying the components of the then people's staple food.
文摘Two kinds of animal remains have been found on Neolithic China sites: domesticated and wild. The former include those of pigs, dogs, chickens, cattle and sheep; the latter belong to the sika deer, Bavid’s deer, river deer, muntjac, red deer, roe deer, tiger, wolf, racoon dog, bear, badger, monkey, rabbit, bamboo rat, various kinds of fish and so on. Through qualitative and quantitative analyses of bones from Neolithic sites the author learns that the remains of domesticated and wild animals in different regions and sites vary in proportion, which shows the existence of different meat--acquiring patterns at that time. Northeast China, Inner Mongolia, the upper and middle Huanghe River valley, the Huanghe-Huaihe region, the Changjiang Three Gorges area, the Changjiang delta and South China all have their own characteristics, which can be summed up and classified into three patterns: dependent, elementary animal domestication, and advanced animal domestication. When the three patterns are lined up in the above order, a model of meat-acquiring in Neolithic China is formed, which demonstrates the basic developmental process of meatacquiring in Neolithic China. The author believes that the sequential changes of meat-acquiring patterns from completely depending on hunting via supply partly by elementary animal domestication to relying mainly on domesticated animals always happened and developed under the restriction by surrounding natural resources. Therefore, this process can be summed up in a theory of passive development.
文摘Tomb No.22 in Area Ⅱ of the Taosi walled-town, Xiangfen, Shanxi, was excavated in 2002. The tomb is 5m long, 3.65m wide and 7m deep. It is dated to the middle Taosi period (2100-2000BC), Although it was destroyed in the late Taosi period, 72 funeral objects remain in the tomb pit and coves, including eight painted pottery vessels, 18 jades, 25 lacquered articles, eight groups of bone arrowheads, two baskets, ten pigs'skeletons, and one huge boar mandible. The discovery of this rich tomb helps us to understand the nature of the walled-town of the middle Taosi period.
